One hour’s worth (at least) of literacy activities to use with your child at home. Includes a starter, some key knowledge tasks and challenge/extension activities. Answer sheet provided at the end.
Key knowledge/skill: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
Most suitable for KS2 but covers important skills for older students too.
Designed to be printed off but could simply be viewed on screen once downloaded. Work could then be completed in a notepad or exercise book.
Apologies for typo, I have corrected it now! My proof reading eyes aren’t what they used to be…
Lots of detailed and helpful activities and worksheets to use when studying the Power and Conflict anthology. General resources for revising quotations and planning a comparison. Plus, specific focus on the following poems with detailed worksheets and/or power points: ‘Exposure’, ‘Tissue’, ‘Poppies’, ‘Kamikaze’ and ‘London’.
Two ready to use multiple choice quizzes!
One on the month of April with 30 questions.
One on William Shakespeare (also with 30 questions) covering topics such as his life, his times and his plays.
Answers provided.
A useful and ready to use bundle of activities about ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Including: summaries of Acts 2 and 4 to be completed as cloze tasks; worksheets on Act 3 Scene 2; worksheets about key themes and an introductory quiz about Shakespeare.
A ready to use Power Point with 29 multiple choice questions about the Bard of Avon with a word challenge for question 30. One question per slide. Covering his life, his times, his plays, famous quotations, Elizabethan/Jacobean theatre and his death.
Answers included at the end.
A selection of helpful and easy to use revision task sheets about the opening chapters of Conan-Doyle’s ‘The Sign of the Four’. Includes: True or False statements to summarise Chs. 1-3, differentiated questions about Chs 1-3, tasks relating to the description of the journey to the Lyceum Theatre in Ch3.
Tasks and questions that will guide students through ‘Kamikaze’ stanza by stanza. Gets students looking at meaning, language use and connections to other poems.
A worksheet to explore language and imagery in ‘Poppies’ from the Power and Conflict anthology. A set of 10 multiple choice questions to explore the poem. A fact sheet about Armistice Day/Remembrance Sunday.
A ready to use set of Power Point slides that will jog students’ memories about the play! Three slides per act, covering characters and events. Could be used as a starter, revision aid or homework.
A ready to use Power Point quiz with 30 multiple choice questions linked to the month of April.
Topics: General knowledge; key events; famous birthdays; history; Earth and the environment (for Earth Day) and literature (for World Book Night.)
5 questions per topic.
Answer slide at the end.
One hour’s worth (at least) of literacy activities to use with your child at home. Includes a starter, some key knowledge tasks and challenge/extension activities. Answer sheet provided at the end.
Key knowledge/skill: ADVERBS
Most suitable for KS2 but covers important skills for older students too.
Designed to be printed off but could simply be viewed on screen once downloaded. Work could then be completed in a notepad or exercise book.
Two double-sided worksheets with a variety of activities for your child to complete as they read or when they have finished their book. Best printed off on A3 if possible but not essential.
Useful to keep younger readers occupied once they have completed some independent or one to one reading.